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Washington, D. C., Monday, June 28, 1948—A—11 **
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
The Two Best Heavyweights Aren't
Not even when Gene Tunney retired as undefeated champion of
the world has there been suoh a dearth of heavyweight fighters as
today, which finds Joe Louis joining Tunney as a gentleman of
leisure. The tip-off is that the two most highly rated fist-fighters
Franelf St&nn.
are both light-heavyweignts—cnampion uus ues
nevich and Challenger Ezzard Charles.
Leanevich has no trouble making the re
quired 175 pounds to defend his title. Charles, a
hard-hitting Negro from Cincinnati, Is a 173
pounder.
You can forget Jersey Joe Wolcott. He just
happened to come along at the right time to
make a weary, punch-shy, jittery Louis look bad.
Walcott can't fight much and probably would
have had it. harder against Lesnevich or Charles
than he found It against the Louis of last Decem
ber and mid-1948.
The rest of the heavyweights are a sorry lot.
Veterans like Lee Oma, Joe Baksi, Tamt Mauriello,
Tommy Gomez and a few others are confirmed
third-raters. The younger crop, Including JacKie cramora ana oeriue
Reynolds, doesn't seem to have much class or spirit.
When Tunney retired in 1928 the lament was that all of the
class was gone from the division and that between Tunney and Louis
there has been no great champion. This is undeniably true. But
most of the foremost fighters between Tunney and Louis would look
very good on the scene today.
A Sharkey or Loughran Would Dominate
They didn't think highly of Jack Sharkey or Max Schmeling.
Managers now would be trampled in the rush to sign either. Tommy
Loughran is another boxer of that era who would stand out In the
present field.
Not only in this country, but overseas as well, there is a dearth
of fighters, particularly heavyweights. Perhaps the most promising
of the postwar foreign crop was Bruce Woodcock, but he was rushed
along too fast and probably ruined. A Swedish heavyweight named
Ollie Tandberg was given a decision over Baksi in Europe. But when
he waa brought to this country he was revealed to be a woeful
amateur.
The newest South American importation, Alfredo Lagav, ap
peared in one of the preliminaries to the Louis-Walcott bout. Lagay
had gone into Tampa earlier and licked Native-son Tommy Gomez,
one of the hardest punching fighters in the business. That was
enough to qualify Lagay for some attention, but in the semifinal the
other night Lagav, a thlck-waisted, squat individual, fell heir to a
broken jaw when he caught a wild roundhouse thrown by Curtis
Bheppard. .
Lagay was leading on points at that time, but whipping Shep
pard is considered no great feat, although Walcott had trouble beat
ing the fellow before he hired him as a sparring partner.
Armed Forces at War Produced No Fighters
Now it may be recalled that during the last couple years of the
war, and for a fat year after V-E and V-J dayrs. the experts weie
aaying that a new crop of fighters had been developed in the armed
forces. Well, where are they? It's been three years since the end
of World War II but where are these fighters?
Ray Robinson was tops in his class before the war and still is
welterweight champion. The sanje for Tony Zale, -Lesnevich and
Louis, among others.
There are no new fighters of any consequence. The armed
forces while at war failed to produce a single Grade-A boxer. As a
result the ring game is suffering from lack of new blood.
Young men apparently don't want to fight in the ring any
more. Not even the promise of a quick fortune seems sufficient to
lure a strapping young fellow with a good punch and a stout chin.
The modern youth turns to other sports, or to business. He shuns
the long miles of roadwork and dull periods of shadow-boxing and
rope-skipping.
Look at your top boxers today for verification. Most of them are
old geezers. Walcote Is between 34 and 38 years of age. Lesnevich
and Zale are 34. Robinson has been around for many years. So.-,
have Marcel Cerdan, Baksi, Oma and the others.
It will be a long time before there'll be another prize fight for j
which $50, not to mention $100. is asked for a seat.
Hudson Rated Choice
Tonight Over Hursey,
Trying Comeback
Smuggy Hursey, the golden boy of
local boxing last year, attempts a
comeback tonight bv tackling tough
Cecil Hudson of California In a 10
round middleweight fight at Griffith
Stadium. Hudson, whose best w’in
was over Jake La Motta in Chicago
last September, figures as the
favorite.
Hudson also has twice defeated
Tommy Bell, a conqueror of Hursey
last September. The lanky Bell was
the one who stopped Hursey's climb
toward middleweight prominence.
Since then the Smug has dropped
bouts to Sonny Horne here and to
Harold Green and Anton Raadik in
New York. The last two were ifrlit
decisions.
Before running into Bell. Smuggy
was a big gate attraction here with
his speedy fighting style and punch
ing ability. In five outdoor fights
last summer, he attracted gates of
about $200,000. He defeated Aaron
Perry and Bee Bee Washington,
knocked out Danny Kapilow in one
round and drew with Danny in a
return before his fight against Bell.
Contrasting styles tonight may
make it an interesting battle. Smug
is a fast, two-handed hittdr when
he's going good. He also is hard to
hurt. Hudson is a more clever boxer,
but he also packs a fair punch.
Preliminaries are headed by two
six-rounders, bringing together A1
Wright, and John Hansbury, middle
weights, and Kid Willie and Pug
Lyons, lightweights. Three four
rounders also are on the card. First
fight at 8:30 p.m.
International Learue.
Newark. 3-11; Buffalo, 4-4 •
Toronto. 8-8; Syracuse. »-3.
Baltimore. 4-1, Montreal. 12-2.
Jersey City at Rochester rain.
American Aasociatlon.
Kansa* City. 5
Minneapolis fi
st Paul. 0-4:
Milwaukee. 4-0
-8: Toledo, fi-4
-3; Columbus. 1-8.
Indianapolis. 2-5.
; Louisville. 3-3.
Nats, 5, 1; Indians,
Wash. AB. H. O
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• Doubled for Hegan In seventh.
* Doubled for Christopher in seventh.
;Doubled for Gromek in ninth.
Washington 001 002 200—ft
Cleveland 000 01 0 100—2!
Runs—Kozar. Gillenwater. McBride. Ver
non. Scarborough, Keltner. Peck Error—
Bearden Runs batted in—McBride. He
aan. Cffirist man (2), Stewart <2>, Judnich.
Two-base hits — Gillenwater. 8tewart.
Per-k. Judnich, Berardino. Three-base hit
—Christman. Sacrifices — Yost. Christ
man. Double play—Tucker to Boudreau.
Left on bases—Washington. H: Cleveland,
s. Bases on. balls—Off Scarborough. 1:
off Bearden. 2; off Thompson, 1; Gromek,
2. Strikeouts—By Bearden, 3: by Scar
borough. 1; by Christopher. 1; by Fer
rick. 1; by Gromek. 1. Hits—Off Scar
borough. 3 in 44 innings; off Thompson.
I Id 1 inning: off Ferrick, 4 in 3*3 In
nings; off Bearden. 9 in 0*a inning; off
Christopher, l in 'k inning off Gromek,
0 in 2 innings. Hit by pitcher—By Gro
mek (Wooten). W’ild pitch—Bearden.
Winning pitcher—Thompson.
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Kozar.2b 4
Gill’ter.cf 3
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Totals 33 7 34 7 Totals 31 9 27 10
•Grounded out for Haefner in second.
♦ Grounded out for Candini in seventh.
XPopped out for Welteroth in ninth.
Washington - - - 00! 000 000—1
Cleveland _ 400 000 OOx—4
Runs—Kozar. Mitchell. Boudreau. Clark.
Gordon. « Errors—Mitchell. Tipton. Runs
batted in—Clark (3). Gordon. Two-base
hit—Kozar. Home runs—Clark. Gordon.
Stolen base—Gillenwater. Double plays—
Boudreau to Gordon to Berardino. Christ
man to Kozar to Vernon Left on bases—
Washington. 8- Cleveland. 7. Bases on
balls—Off Zoldak. 3: off Haefner. 1; off
Candini, 2; off Welteroth. 1. Hits—Off
Haefner. 4 in 1 inning; off Candini. 4 in
5 innings off Welteroth. 1 in 2 innings, i
Losing pitcher—Haefner. _
Baseball Standings and Schedules
MONDAY, Jt'NE 28. 1948.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Wash.. 5—1; Cleve., 2—4.
New York. 7; Detroit, 0.
Phila., 6—6; Chi., 5—2.
Boston, 2—6; St. L., 0—3.
(2d game 7 innings.'
Games Today.
No games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at Phila., 8:30.
Chicago at St. Louis Cnl.
Boston at New York tn).
Cleveland at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Boston, 9; Pittsburgh, 1.
Cine., 4: New York, 3.
<2n postponed, rain:)
St. Louis, 6; Brooklyn, 4.
(8 innings '
Chi., 8—4; Phila., 2—7.
2nd game 8 innings.'
Games Today.
No games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
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Phila. at Brooklyn (n).
Pitts, at Cincinnati (n'.
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NO HOME-COMING HERE—Eddie Yost, Washington third baseman, is tagged out at the plate as
he attempted to score from second base in the third Inning of the first game of yesterday’s dou
ble-header between Nats and Indians at Cleveland. Cleveland Center-fielder Larry Doby, who later
was Injured, took Tom McBride’s sharp single on the first hop and made a perfect throw to
Catcher Jim Hegan. __ -AP Wlrephoto,
Nats' Split in Series
With Tribe Reflects
Credit on Kuhel
By Burton Hawkins
S»or Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 28 —When
Joe Kuhel took over as manager of
the Nats the cartoonists had a
merry time sketching the rookie
pilot plucking rabbits from top hats
and drawing hitting aces from a
deck of cards.) Now there is a sus
picion that Kuhel, an amateur
magicion, has switched to profes
sionalism. It’s magic, no less, that
the Nats are as high as sixth place,
within shouting distance of the
first division.
Kuhel is shackled with a bunch
of .250 hitters. In the Nats’ last
16 games only three pitchers have
remained the route. The Nats have
accumulated the meager total of
nine home runs, as compared with
New York's 70 and Cleveland's 63.
Mickey Vernon, who * has been
representing the Nats in the vital
No. 4 spot in the batting order most
of the season, is a .255 hitter who
has batted .121 in the Nats’ last
nine games. Three of his four hits
over that span have been infield
affairs.
Kuhel has extracted maximum
effectiveness from the Nats who,;
despite glaring deficiencies, are
only one game removed’ from fifth
place.
In Kuhel's freshman year Early
Wynn and Walter Masterson, the,
glory „b6ys of his pitching staff,]
have Blown hot and cold. Vernon
has'boflapsed. Gil Coan has shown
flashes Of Hitting ability; but only
occasionally. Rookie A1 Kozar has
followed the same pattern and.
there are grave doubts concerning'
the batting strength of Eddie Yost,
the Nats’ lead-off man.
Kuhel Holds Up Morale.
The Nats have functioned with a
pair of shortstops struggling to
keep batting averages above .200.
The club has no star. It appears
rather remarkable that it isn't
mired in eighth place.
Kuhel hasn’t permitted losing
streaks to wreck his club. The Nats
have shown bounce. They lost eight
straight, but have surged back to
capture five of their last seven games,
splitting a double-header with the
league-leading Indians yesterday at
Cleveland. The Nats captured the
opener, 5-2. before taking a 4-1
beating in the second game before
a crowd of 35.980. By splitting a
four-game series with the Indians,
the Nats served notice they can be
a tough team with Kuhel at the
controls.
Kuhel employed Ray Scarborough,
Forrest Thompson and Tom Ferrick
on the mound to whip the Indians
in the first game, with Thompson
gaining credit for his first major
league victory. They combined to
limit Cleveland to eight hits.
The Nats spurted to a 1-0 lead
in the third inning when Scar
borough scored from second on Tom
McBride's single. A walk to Ken
Keltner and singles by Ed Robin
son and Jim Hegan locked the score
in the fifth, but Mark Christman's
triple after McBride and Vernon
had walked projected the Nats into
a 3-1 lead in the sixth.
Sfewart Hits Finch Double.
Kozar’s single, Carden Gillen- j
water's double and Pinch-hitter Ed
Stewart's double fetched the Nats
two runs in the seventh off Gene
Bearden, and the Indians picked
up their final run in the same
inning on doubles by Hal Peck and
Walt Judnich.
Sam Zoldak stopped the Nats on
seven hits in the nightcap as Cleve
land mauled Mickey Haefner for
all its runs in the first Inning. Dale
Mitchell and Lou Boudreau clipped
Mickey for singles before Allie Clark
and Joe Gordon rammed successive
homers. Milo Candlni and Dick
Welteroth scattered five hits to
check the Indians after that ex
plosion but the Nats couldn’t
fathom Zoldak.
Washington’s only run was pro
duced in the third inning when
Kozar doubled, moved to third on
Gillenwater’s single and scored on
Mitchell’s wild throw to the plate J
NAT NOTES—Six Nats are driv
ing to Washington today in new
cars . . . five of them bought autos
in Detroit and Rookie Kozar was
given a sleek gray job by 200 admir- j
mg McKees Rocks (Pad friends be-,
tween games yesterday . . . Kozar, j
who economizes on conversation,:
stepped to the microphone and said: j
"Thanks. I am deeply grateful.”
Early Wynn will shoot for victory
No. 8 against the Athletics here to* i
morrow night In the opener of a
3-game series.
Johnsen, Hippenstiel
Crowned Net Titlists
Dr. Dave Johnsen and Capt. Robin
Hippenstiel are the undisputed
doubles champions of the local
season to date following their 7—5. i
g_0, 7—5 triumph over the surprise
finalists. Herb Mertz and Grady
Frank, in the final of the Wood
mont Country Club Invitation
doubles tournament.
Previously Johnsen and Hippen
stiel won the doubles title in The j
Star’s City of Washington tourna-.
ment. a
League Leaders
.41ft;
American.
Batting—Williams, §oston,
Boudreau. Cleveland. .36< _
Run* batted In—Williams, Boston.
69; Di Magglo. New York. 65.
Runs—Williams. Boston. 59; Di
Maggio. Boston. 49
Hits—Williams. Boston, 90; Bou
dreau. Cleveland. 83.
Doubles—Williams. Boston, 19, Bou
dreau. Cleveland. 18. .
Home runs—Di Maggio. New York,
18: Keltner. Cleveland. IT.
Stolen babes—Coan. Washington. 12;
Dillinser, St. Louis. 8.
Strikeouts—Lemon. Cleveland, 68;
Newhouser, Detroit, 64
Pitching—Raschi, New York. 9-1,
.900, Scheib, Philadelphia, 7-2, .77*.
National.
Batting—Muslal. St. Louis. .405;
Holmes. Boston, .350.
Runs batted in—Sauer, Cincinnati,
59; Kiner. Pittsburgh, 52.
Runs—Muslal, fit. Louis, 55; Kiner,
Pittsburgh, 51.
Hits—Muslal St. Louis, 98; Ashburn.
Philadelphia. 87.
Doubles—Russel. Boston, and Ennis,
Philadelphia. 17.
Home runs—Sauer. Cincinnati. 22;
Kiner. Pittsburgh. 19.
Stolen bases—Ashburn. Philadelphia,
21: Torgeson. Boston. 14
Strikeouts—Branca. Brooklyn, 71:
Bchmitz. Cnicago, and Jansen, New
York. 62
' Pitching—Poat. New York 6-1, .857;
Brerheen. Sr Louis. 8-2. .800
Jimmy Thomson's 68
In British Open Ties
Argentine for Low
Sy th« Associated Press
MUIRFIELD, Scotland, June 28.—
Jimmy Thomson, long - driving
American, and Roberto De Vincenzo,
ah Argentine professional, tied for
the early lead with scores of 68
tdday in the first qualifying round!
of the British Open golf champion
ship.
The pair of 68s set a record for
the Gullane course since its post
war alteration. The previous low;
was a 69 by S. B. Williamson, a
British amateur, last year.
Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio,
ivho won the British Amateur a few
weeks ago, was a late starter today
is were several other Americans, in
cluding Johnny Bulla, Lawson Little,
Charles Rotar, Ross Thompson,
Frank Tatum and Bob Sweeny, jr.
Mario Gonzales, a Brazilian ama
teur who weis De Vicenzo's partner,
shot a 69. Together the Latin
Americans established themselves as
strong contenders for the title, won
by Fred Daly of Ulster last year.
Daly, scrambling over Gullane’s
hills in partnership with Thomson,
shot a 71.
J. Carroll, an Irishman from
Dublin, matched Gonzalez’s 69. the
same score turned in earlier by
Henry Cotton, leading British pro
over the Muirfield course.
Two of Cotton's putts hung on the
lip of the cup or he might have tied
the 19-vear-old course record of 67
held by Walter Hagen.
Claude Harmon of Mamaroneck,
N. Y., the Masters golf champion,
banged out a 73, a score that prob
ably is safe enough to qualify if he
can equal it over the Gullane course
tomorrow.
Harmon matched par for the last
eight holes. He birdied the short
seventh by rolling in a 6-foot putt,
but 3-putted the ninth.
Arthur Clark, Huntington, W. Va„
pro who has spent several weeks
playing in British tournaments,
scored a 71 at Gullane.
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond,
Va., shot a 76 at Muirfield, seven
over par. •
Christopher Dunphy, 63-year-old
amateur who is playing in the
tournament on a vacation from his;
home in Westbury, N. Y., had a 79
at Muirfield.
Ed Kingsley, a leading Utah
amateur now a United States Army ■
captain stationed in. Germany, shot
a good 72 at Muirfield.
Norman Von Nida, the pint-sized
Australian pro, who has been re
covering from nervous exhaustion,
shot a weak. 77 at Gullane.
Dripping skies greeted the field
of 275 hopefuls from a dozen coun
tries, including the American dele
gation. The weather was warm, but
a stiff north wind was blowing
amidst sporadic rain.
The field will play 18 holes today
and 18 tomorrow for qualifying pur
poses. The lowest 100 then will
enter championship play with 18
holes each Wednesday and Thurs
day. The final low 40 will wind up
with 36 holes Friday.
Bosox Chain Gets Yale Ace
BOSTON, June . 28 (A*).—Frank
Quinn, 20, Yale star right-hand
pitcher, today was signed by Birm
ingham of the Boston Red Sox farm
system. He is rated as one of the
Nation's best college pitchers. Quinn
will work out with the Red Sox here
before reporting to Birmingham
July 7.
'Giant-Killer' Patty
Bows to Bromwich
At Wimbledon
By the Associated Press
LONDON, June 28 —Budge Patty
of Los Angeles, "giant killer” of
the Wimbledon tennis champion
ships of 1947, himself fell victim
of an upset today when eliminated
in the semifinals of the current net
classic by John Bromwich of Aus
tralia, 6—4, 7—5, 6—1.
Bromwich, whose ambidextrous
style is one ot the oddest in tennis,
thus gained revenge for his surprise
defeat last year at the hands of the
24-year-old American, who was
seeded sixth this time.
Bob Falkenburg of Hollywood,
Calif., moved into the semifinals by
downing Lennart Bergelin of Swe
den, conqueror of the top-seeded
Frankie Parker.
Falkenburg put Bergelin out of
the tournament with a 6—4, 6—2,
3—6, 6—4 victory.
An enemy of both players was the
wind, but it affected Bergelin's deli
cate game the more. A break in
the first set due to rain appeared to
affect Bergelin, who was most un
certain when play was resumed,
although he took the next two
games, mostly on Falkenburg*
errors.
Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dupont
of Wilmington, Del., defending
women's champion, advanced to the
quarterfinals by routing Mrs. E. W.
Dawson-Scott of Britain, 6—2, 6—2.
Opening the second week of the
tournament, Mrs. Dupont blitzed the
English woman in 62 minutes,' in
cluding a 20-minute recess due to
showers.
aniau cruwub turncu uui w wawsr
the day's play.
Mrs. Pat Canning Todd of La
Jolla, Calif., third-seeded American,
joined Mrs. Dupont in the quarter
flnals by dowt*ig Mrs. Mary Hal
ford of Britain. 6—3, <5—3.
Doris Hart of Miami, Pla., de
feated Joan Curry, former British
Wightman Cup player. 6—2. 6—3.
Louise Brough of Beverly Hills,
Calif., the United States champion,
became the fourth American to
reach the women's quarter-finals
when she ousted Miss E. A. Middle
ton of Britain, 6—0, 6—1.
Jean Quertier, former British
Wightman Cup player, registered
the first hpset in the women’s singles
by Eliminating Mrs. Sheila Summer
of South Africa, 7—5. 6—2.
Mrs. Nelly Landry of France de
feated Mrs. Vera Thomas of Britain,
6_3,8—6. Mrs. Landry will play Miss
Hart and Miss Quartier will meet
Mrs. Todd in the quarter-finals.
The Triumphs by Shirley Fry of
Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Jean Bostock
of Britain completed the last eight
in women’s singles, Miss Fry edged
Mrs. Suzy Kormoczy of Hungary,
4—6, 6—4, ,6—4, and Mrs. Bostock
outlasted Mrs. Mary Muller of South
Africa, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5,__
Ward, Riegel Top List
In Western Amateur
By Associated Press
WICHITA, Kans., June 28 —
There’s a good chance that the
Western Amateur golf title, monop
olized by players from the Far
Northwest from 1926 through 1931,
again will go to a shootgr from the
West for the second straight year.
Standouts among the 106 entries
in the 46th tournament opening on
the Wichita Country Club course
tomorrow are Defending Champion
Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane,
Wash., and Robert (Skee) Riegel,
the National Amateur champion
from Glendale, Calif.
Barring a major upset, Ward and
Riegel appear odds-on favorites to
reach the final a week from today.
Frank Dolp, Portland, Oreg., won
the Western in 1926 and the Pacific
Northwest had the winner again in
three of the next four years, Bon
Stein, Seattle, Wash., winning in
1927; Dolp again in 1928 and 6on
Moe, Portland, in 1929 and 1931.
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Williams Paces Team
In Winning 17 of 22
Tilts in June Drive
•y Iht Associated Press
The old familiar cry of "Stop those
Boston Red Sox" is being heard
once again around the American
League. ,
During the last month this has
been the most herculean trick in
baseball. Paced by Ted Williams and
Vern Stephens at the plate and Joe
Dobson and Dave (Boo) Perriss
on the mound, the red hot Red Sox
have knocked off every kind of op
position to leap right back Into the
pennant scramble.
Today, with 17 victories in 22
starts during the month of June,
the Sox are entrenched firmly in
the first division only 5 Vs games
behind the pace-setting Cleveland
Indians. This easily has been the
best June showing of any club in
the circuit.
In four weeks the Red Sox have
gained five full games on the In
dians and six on the second-place
Philadelphia Athletics. Joe Mc
Carthy’s climbers also have gained
three games on the third-place New
York Yankees despite the Bronx
Bombers' .615 pace this month.
The Red Sox moved another full
game nearer the top yesterday when
they swept a double-header from
the Browns, 2-0 and 6-3, in St.
Louis. The twin triumph gave the
Red Sox a record of nine victories
in their last 11 games. Yesterday’s
second game was limited to seven
Innings by rain.
Williams Does It Again.
It was Williams again who pro
vided the winning blow in the
nightcap. Ted slammed his 16th
home run with two men on base
in the first inning to get the Sox off
on the right foot. Williams' batting
average is now .415. he leads all
hitters with 69 runs batted in. He
has a 15-game hitting streak going.
The Athletics swept a double
header from the Whtie Sox, 6-5 and
6-2, in Chicago to pull within 11
percentage points of first place.
The double victory, Philadelphia's
sixth and seventh in a row, marked
the first time this season the White
Sox have gone down to two defeats
in one day.
Young Carl Scheib allowed 11 hits
in the opener but managed to stag
ger through to victory. Dick Fow
ler gained his fifth triumph with
an eight-hitter in the nightcap.
The Indians kept first place by
coming back to defeat Washington,
4-1, in the second game after the
Senators had won the opener of
their twin bill, 5-2.
Larry Doby, Cleveland's Negro
outfielder, sprained his right ankle
sliding into second base add will be
out of the lineup for about 10 days.
i Byrne Handcuns lytn.
Lefty Tommy Byrne, making his
first start of the season* handcuffed
the Tigers with two hff&iff Detroit
as the Yankees Won a 7-0 shutout.
The Yankees, got nine hits off Paul
Trout and Stubby Overmire.
The Boston Braves retained their
. haif-gatne lead over the St.. Louis
Cardinals in the tight National
League race by turning ,back the
Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-1. Beaton teed
off against the Pirate starter, Vic
Lombardi, for two runs in the sec
ond inning to take a lead they
never relinquished.
Home runs by Stan Musial and
Marty Marion, and a two-run triple
by Nippy Jones sparked the Card
inals to a 6-4 victory over the Dodg
ers in Brooklyn. The game was
called at the end of eight Innings
because of rain and darkness. The
round-tripper was No. 17 for Musial,
who is batting .405.
Scoring two runs after two were
out in the seventh inning, the Cin
cinnati Reds came from behind to
nip the New York Giants. 4-3, in
the first, game of a scheduled double
header. The second game was rained
out.
Robinson-Docusen Bout
For Title Slated Tonight
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CHICAGO, June 38. — Champion
Ray (Sugar) Robinson, a little weary
in his “battle of the scales,” weighs
in today for his scheduled 15-round
title scrap in Comiskey Park with
Bernie Docusen.
The twlce-poetponed fight is set
for tonight, weather permitting.
But if the Harlem flash fails to
make the required 147-round limit
in the weighing in the Illinois Ath
letic Commission may declare his
welterweight title vacant.
Robinson hit an even 147 when
the bout originally was slated June
17. But rain washed it out and four
days Jater Sugar refused to weigh
in when it was rescheduled. He ad
mitted being overweight and the
ring sharpies said he was up to as
high as 154 pounds.
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THE EYES HAVE IT—Mrs. Ralph Canary (left), wife of the
manager of National Arena, and Mrs. Herb Daisley, wife of
the arena’s skating pro, view with sparkling eyes some of the
awards to be given to winners in the National AAU roller skating
competition opening today at the rink at Seventeenth street and
Kalorama road N.W.
Roller Rink Pilot Is a Dynamo,
And Likes It, as Big Meet Opens
By Lewis r. Atchison
We asked to see the professional
at the National roller-skating
arena and pretty soon along
comes a chap in dungarees with
a hammer in his hand.
"I’m Herb Daisley, Jr.,’’ he said
sticking out his hand. I'm the
I pro but right now I'm just an
; other workman helping get things \
I ready for the National AAU
! tournament. This is strictly ama
; teur, you know, and all the skat
ers are lending a hand.''
TTie tournament got under way
this morning. Daisley was * quiet,
serious young man with a black
pompadour, spectacles and an
enthusiaam for zooming around
on ball-bearings that matched
anything we’d ever seen. He also
looked too busy yesterday to spare
even a few minutes from his
chores for idle conversation.
"Don’t worry about that, he
reassured us. “We opened up
here December 4 and the next
H day we were running a tourna
- ment. I don't mind, though. I
■’ like to keep busy. When the
wile and I decided to leave Ever
ett, Washington, last October,
we..had to be in Niagara falls
’ within Jour days to see about a
pro job there.
„ “I had a *38 auto, trailer piled
high with all our household
goods, my wile, baby and the
dog, but we made It. The baby
and I gained a lew pounds, but
my wile and the dog lost weight.
I could understand my wile losing
it, being under that strain, but I
couldn't figure out what hap
pened to the dog.’’
It must have been a rough trip
I or the baby, Herbert Roger
Daisley, who celebrated his first
birthday only last June 8.
"He's a real trouper,” Herb said
proudly. "Why a week after he
was born he was down at the
rink—in a crib, ol course. But
he spends as much time now at
the rink as the wile and I. and he
seems to thrive on it. We bring
down the play pen and set it up
in my office and he has a gay
time."
The interview was interrupted
lor a hall hours at that point
while Papa Daisley bragged about
the crown prince and heir ap
parent.
Daisley, when we finally got
him back on the track, told us
how a fellow falls into the habit
of roller skating and gets the bug
so badly he makes It his career.
He has grown up with with the
pastime lor the old Mineola, Long
Island, rink where he first skated
indoors was a renovated barn
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phonograph records provided
what was laughingly called music,
and it was every man, woman and
child for himself on the floor.
He met his wife on the rink at
Mineola but never skated with
her because she was Just a kid
then, he thought. After three
years in the Army Air Oorpa in
the Southwest Pacific, however,
she looked very much grown up.
Now that they're married they
seldom have a chance to skate
together because of professional
duties.
Barbara Klllip Gallagher, a
champion, was Herb's first part
ner in dance competition and he
still laughs when he recalls how
she could tell him to "get your
big feet where they belong, you
clumsy oaf," and smile so sweetly
the gallery mistook them for
lovebirds.
Most of roller-ska ling's enor- /
mous progress Daisley credits to
Perry Hawson, a former ice-skat
ing enthusiast, who went to
England to educate himself in
the finer points of the business
and then published free bulletins ;
for interested skaters. He still *
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